A 21-year-old Hazleton woman was found with drugs during a traffic stop in Rush Township on Friday, township police said.

Leah M. Rehal faces charges for possessing a small amount of marijuana and 10 Xanax prescription pills after her vehicle was stopped on Claremont Avenue for traffic violations at 3:18 a.m., police said.

Two escape injury in Rush Twp. crash

Two people escaped injury when their vehicle crashed Sunday evening along Fairview Street in Rush Township.

According to township police, Colleen Riley, 52, lost control of the vehicle while traveling east, near Marian Avenue, at approximately 7:10 p.m.

Riley and her passenger, Tina Curley, were not injured, police said. Riley showed signs of intoxication, police said, and was taken to Pottsville Hospital for blood-alcohol content testing. Her vehicle was towed.

Credit cards, cash stolen in break-in

State police at Lehighton said someone broke into a home in Polk Township, Carbon County, owned by a Tamaqua man and stole valuables, including credit cards and cash.

The home at 851 Carney Road, owned by Scott C. Hallett, was entered between 7:30 a.m. Sept. 7 and 6 a.m. Sept. 9 through a rear door, police said, and a 46-inch television, credit cards, checks, a clock radio and tools were stolen, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact troopers at 610-377-4270.

City man charged after disturbance

Ryan Eckhart, 34, Hazleton, was charged with use or possession of drug paraphernalia, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after creating a disturbance in the area of Second and Alter streets on Aug. 2, according to court papers.

Eckhart was found with rolling papers, commonly used to ingest marijuana, and pipe screens, commonly used to ingest crack cocaine, court papers state.

Hazleton police filed the charges against him Aug. 27 and he answered a summons informing him of the charges Sept. 11, according to a court docket.

City man charged with drunkenness

Calvin Fisher, 52, Hazleton, will face a citation for public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated in the 300 block of East Broad Street at about 3:58 a.m. Tuesday, city police said.

Officers were responding to a report of people sitting on the stairs to a residence where they didn't live when they found Fisher, police said.

McAdoo man to be cited for trespass

Khahsone Pearson, 40, McAdoo, faces citations for criminal trespass and criminal mischief after Hazleton police were dispatched to 561 Alter St. just before 5 p.m. Monday for a report of a man and a woman attempting to break into the building, police said.

Officers said when they arrived they found Pearson inside a rear window and took him into custody.

Man allegedly gave false name

A 21-year-old White Haven man faces charges for false identification to law enforcement after allegedly giving police the wrong name during a May 10 traffic stop in East Side.

Anthony A. Borelli was also charged by state police at Fern Ridge with two summary violations, including driving with a suspended license. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing on those charges Sept. 11 before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Homanko, according to a court docket.

Troopers said they stopped Borelli for a vehicle violation while on routine patrol near the Spring Hill Trailer Court. Borelli provided a different name several times when police spoke to him, court papers state, but once troopers learned his real identity, Borelli said he had warrants for his arrest and a suspended driver's license.

The warrants were for summary traffic violations, court papers state, and the judge who issued the warrants only wanted Borelli's new address.

Alford was arraigned Sept. 16 by Magisterial District Judge David Barilla, who set bail at $5,000, according to court papers. He awaits a preliminary hearing.

Arrest papers state Alford drove from a Freeland police officer at a high rate of speed at about 4:42 p.m. Officers later spotted the vehicle unoccupied and parked on North Street and were told by bystanders that Alford ran south in an adjacent alley behind Washington Street but police were unable to locate him, court papers state. A payroll check left inside the vehicle was written out to Alford.

Mountain Top man charged in theft

Matthew R. Esposito, 24, Mountain Top, was charged with theft, receiving stolen property and theft from a motor vehicle by state police at Hazleton after an electronic tablet and prescription medication were reported stolen from a Foster Township home Aug. 8.

Arrest papers state a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, valued at $100, was taken from the victim's home at 10 Spring St. while 30 Tramadol prescription pills valued at $20 were reported stolen from the victim's vehicle.

Vehicle vandalized

Hazleton police are investigating vandalism to a Chevrolet TrailBlazer that happened between 12:30 and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Carson Street.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 911.

Man charged after domestic dispute

A 34-year-old Freeland man faces criminal charges after a domestic dispute over a television remote control turned physical on Sept. 7.

Donald L. Lowmaster Jr. was charged by state police at Hazleton with terroristic threats, simple assault and two counts of harassment. He was arraigned Sept. 8 by Magisterial District Judge Gerald Feissner, who set bail at $10,000, and awaits a preliminary hearing.

Troopers responded to 439 Japanese Maple Lane, Foster Township, at about 11:30 p.m. and were told by the victim that Lowmaster punched her in the nose during an argument over the remote control, causing pain and bleeding, court papers state. The woman refused medical treatment.

A witness to the incident told troopers Lowmaster also threatened to kill the witness by stabbing her, court papers state.

Bail violated

A 24-year-old Freeland man who was free on unsecured bail in two unrelated criminal cases was arrested for violating a condition of that bail, court papers state.

Michael Salko was charged by Freeland police with loitering and prowling at night and criminal trespass. He was arraigned Sept. 12 by Magisterial District Judge Gerald Feissner, who set bail at $10,000.

Arrest papers state officers were on patrol at about 11 p.m. Sept. 11 when a witness waved at them to stop. The person told police Salko was lurking around the backyard of 710 Centre St., and officers located him in the backyard at 714 Centre St., hiding in a closed-in rear porch, police wrote.

Court papers state Salko has a prior criminal history and was released from Luzerne County Correctional Facility earlier on Sept. 11 on two criminal cases for burglary and theft of a firearm. He violated the $10,000 unsecured bail condition on each case that required him to remain inside his home from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., court papers state.

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